A mere career path survey is all it takes to put Mob, our innocent psychic who fights the chaotic darkness of the spirits, into a state of restlessness. 7% at first, then 18%. The girl he likes will be studying in one of the top three schools in the prefecture, so, what will he do?… Read More First Impression: Mob Psycho 100 III
Hitori Goto lives up to her name: “soliloquy”. She’s the girl who never had the courage to join in all the fun and games in kindergarten, who ends up eating with the teacher during school picnics, doesn’t go to after school club, and only has messages from her parents on her phone. She is a… Read More First Impression: Bocchi the Rock!
From the remastered game of the same name, Legend of Mana – The Teardrop Crystal traces the story of several adventurers. The first is Shiloh, who meets what seems to be a goddess who somewhat quotes scripture, saying “Seek me and you will find me” (Matthew 7:7), and sends him to a town called Domino.… Read More First Impression: Legend of Mana – The Teardrop Crystal
The story begins in the kind of back alley that makes it feel like nighttime when the noonday sun is still riding high. The crashes of thunder and sheets of falling rain work like a silencer when a gunshot rings out and one more woman falls victim to the gritty mob crime of 1980s Akihabara.… Read More First Impression: Akiba Maid War
Being a prison guard for death row prisoners is not easy. You spend long periods of time interacting with the prisoners and in the end, have a hand in ending their lives. This is the conundrum faced by the young guard Shimoda, who has gotten to know the prisoner Satake, as the two often discussed… Read More First Impressions: The Human Crazy University
Drones hover in the bright morning sky as a driverless bus pulls to a stop in a cheery watercolor town. The mood is peaceful and full of promise. Or at least it would be, if Serufu had not spaced out and messed up her high school entrance exam, much to the chagrin of her neighbor… Read More First Impression: Do It Yourself!!
The moon. Blood. Someone has died in a car accident, but don’t you worry! As the images of flocks of flying dragons and strange chameleon-like creatures suggest, our anonymous protagonist has just been… well, yeah, you guessed right, and I’m not Rod Serling presenting The Twilight Zone, so I won’t say it. A flash-forward tells… Read More First Impression: Reincarnated as a Sword